We're not the "high" animals that we think we are. :p
I promised people to share some of my Evolutionary Psychology class stuff, so here's a few interesting facts that we've learned so far. (Or were randomly brought up in class).
EDIT: If you don't believe in evolution, I do NOT want to argue about it. Just skip this post and we'll both be a lot happier.
1. All cultures have language, symbolism, a social hierarchy, etc., but they also have a few overlooked similarities as well. For one, all humans instinctively hold babies the same way --over the left arm, turned toward our chest. (Obviously not everyone does this, but most people do it subconsciously). The interesting thing is that this mechanism doesn't work if you give someone a toy, a box or a set of books. However, hand a person (or even a child) a baby and most people will immediately shift it to their left arm. (Even left-handed people.)
2. Evolutionary time lag is basically screwing us over. We're still operating with instincts built for the Stone Age (fight or flight, etc.) and the reason why so many of us are obese is because we still have a natural inclination to binge eat and store fatty substances. (This came in handy when Stone Age people were hunting animals and probably went for a day or so without eating.) Our phobias of snakes, spiders and some animals that most of us don't even see is also left over from the Stone Age.
3. Most of us know this already, but men are programmed to constantly want sex. A general survey shows that men want to have sex within 10 minutes of going on the first date with an attractive woman. (=_______=;; For women it's like, the fifth date or something.)
EDIT: If you don't believe in evolution, I do NOT want to argue about it. Just skip this post and we'll both be a lot happier.
1. All cultures have language, symbolism, a social hierarchy, etc., but they also have a few overlooked similarities as well. For one, all humans instinctively hold babies the same way --over the left arm, turned toward our chest. (Obviously not everyone does this, but most people do it subconsciously). The interesting thing is that this mechanism doesn't work if you give someone a toy, a box or a set of books. However, hand a person (or even a child) a baby and most people will immediately shift it to their left arm. (Even left-handed people.)
2. Evolutionary time lag is basically screwing us over. We're still operating with instincts built for the Stone Age (fight or flight, etc.) and the reason why so many of us are obese is because we still have a natural inclination to binge eat and store fatty substances. (This came in handy when Stone Age people were hunting animals and probably went for a day or so without eating.) Our phobias of snakes, spiders and some animals that most of us don't even see is also left over from the Stone Age.
3. Most of us know this already, but men are programmed to constantly want sex. A general survey shows that men want to have sex within 10 minutes of going on the first date with an attractive woman. (=_______=;; For women it's like, the fifth date or something.)